Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-19
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
||,,.,,a rvm Our Exchanges From All
F''''' Over The Territory.

z#sboshone sells her oil" so''oo' ''o"''
town hall.
4 woman evangelist is preaching
\ Boise City.
4 HALEY was all agog last week at
n oDening Of the new Merchants
De-,
,ltnras county bonds, tits said, are
Il, ! saleable as hot cakes and new
her,
H Sheriff Davis, Of Custer county, is
a..iyely engaged in circulating pro-
Il Is against annexation.
Il Wood River towns are not salts
q with the new time table; they say
4 Is worse than ever
n While digging a well on the Asylum
II 0unds, Salem, Oregon, boiling water
u struck at depth Of 80 feet
e Keystone-The weather sharps are
\. y demonstrating as to what kind
q winter is in store for MS,
Hon John HALEY is devoting his
~ to the improvement Of his ranch
i, Is not mining as currently reported
4 The postmaster at Shoshone has
q d in his winter supply Of postage
q smps-l5,0OO two-cent stamps,
onder II he will give reduced rates
81 wholesale while the weather is good.
All Kung, the Chinaman accused
III The murder Of poh Nee at Custer
r was taken TO Challis on We'd
N slay from HALEY by Cam Kilcup
\ bon Sheriff Dayis deputized 10 take
II / celestial murderer in charge.
h An entirely opposite view has been
n irapced by another weather prophet
lohAs a dog theory. On last Mon.
y be noticed his canine, an intelli,
q Of animal rushing furiously around
d uihering up all the bones he could
b and buying them. This he says
Indicative Of plenty Of snow and
ard usiling for grub next winter
d. Pitts is emphatic in his declar,
siiOa tla, there il TO be- a dry and
Extremely cold winter with but little
AoOE. Tie Says - years experience
niilles him TO express his opinion
b. be bases the correctness OF hi,
Prophecy on the shape Of the moon
siuring the last two months He Il
billing 10 wager that his lunar oh
@1yaiions are correct
S,aiesman-ldaho possesses nj
tsautagc over many Of the western
lsui,ones and states in their early
settlement The territory is lon,
pay from being prospoCted. The min
Eing interest will, for the next centur1
!, least, keep pace with the agricul
pa, 80 that there will always be a dc
nand for whatever the former cal
raise upon his land,
Thbune-over three hundred year
ago some Jesuits planted alfalfa o
some barren, sandy islands in III
South seas, and that alfalfa isgrowin
yei Near the city Of Pueblo alfali
Is still aourishing that was plante
N the days Of Cortez, the invader. l
Mexico are numbers OF alfalfa field
over two hundred years old that ha'
never been rcplantcd. Alfalfa, whC
once rooted, is a nevcr-dying plan
East Portland Star-On March
1863, Mr.. J. G. Dubbins, an old sc
uer in Washington county, was
Boise City, Idaho, and on the abo'
date he, with a number OF other mi
ers, had fight with the Snake, or
'hey were then called, the Banno'
Indians. During the fight Mr. Du
BINS was struck with n ball III
glanced off the rock that he was |
mind, in the right check, the bali pa
ing through and lodging in the ba
OF the head, where il has been un
last Monday. The last few years
has been troubling him a good dc
and no decided 10 have It rcmov,
Last Monday DIR. Dave Raffety rem,
ed the ball II is a large rifle b
and shows plainly the creases VIII
II struck the rock. Mr. Dubbins 81
that "a years is long enough to ca
a ball in the head, and he intends
carry it in his pocket now.
Baker Democrat-A wedding u
place at law office In this city
Tuesday morning, presided over
The justice Of the peace and one
our worthy deputy sherifs.
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